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Weblog:   To push desktop Linux, radical shift may be required
Subject:   Individual Application Installation
Date:   2003-11-13 23:48:11
From:   anonymous2
Response to: Individual Application Installation

For the less technically inclined: Mandrake's URPMI handles all dependencies. Emerge on Gentoo works like a charm. Debian's apt-get is so good, it's being ported all over the place. All of the above have thousands of programs at your disposal. There are even nice GUI tools for them. The dependancy issue is such an old (and pretty much solved) issue. If you want to use oddball programs (rpm's or tarballs) from Sourceforge or Freshmeat, do it. Learn something.
How many MS OS's have the option to fire up a GUI installer and then allow you to pick from said thousands of programs?
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  • Individual Application Installation
    2003-11-14 05:03:26  anonymous2 [Reply | View]

    I recently upgraded to Mandrakes 9.2 and tried to burn an ISO image to CD, my old application, K3, which worked so well, would not work. So I go and get an RPM for Eroaster from the Mandrake site specifically for Mandrake and using their GUI interface I tell it to install. Not a chance, it did not work. I very rarely go to windows anymore, but I like to tinker with computers, others do not.
    I am sorry you think all the install problems are solved, but they are most definately not solved. I want a windows program, I double click the install icon, or just put in the CD and 9 out of 10 times it works. Linux I would have to say that 5 out of 10 times it works. 50% is a failing mark in any book.
    Linux has a long way to go before it ready for prime time and not just due to application installation problems.
    • Individual Application Installation
      2003-11-14 07:41:49  anonymous2 [Reply | View]

      1) Go here http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/ and set up your urpmi sources.
      2) Type urpmi nameofpackage, i.e., urpmi evolution at the command line or go to Mandrake's control center if you prefer it to do in a GUI.

      It works like a charm.

      Finally, fire up knode and go to the mandrake newsgroup. It's a friendly place where everyone is welcome. And the mandrakeforums at http://www.mandrakeusers.org and linuxinstall.org are also great.

      Welcome aboard.
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